Call of Duty: Modern Warfare vs Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is an FPS game from Sledgehammer Games (2019) while Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is an FPS game from Treyarch (2022).
What each one is
Steam files Call of Duty: Modern Warfare under FPS. In contrast, it files Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II under FPS.
Experience a visceral Campaign or assemble your team in the ultimate online playground with multiple Special Ops challenges and a mix of Multiplayer maps and modes.
The Call of Duty® experience supports Modern Warfare® 4, Black Ops 7 and Call of Duty®: Warzone™.
At a glance
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.0/10 | 6.4/10 |
| Steam rating | Mostly Positive (79%, 44,794) | Mixed (59%, 780,594) |
| Critic aggregate | No aggregate | No aggregate |
| Price | $59.99 | Not listed |
| Install size | 175 GB | — |
| Steam Deck | unsupported | unsupported |
| Released | 2019 | 2022 |
| Developer | Sledgehammer Games | Treyarch |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare vs Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Call of Duty: Modern WarfareFPS gameCall of Duty: Modern Warfare IIFPS gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Call of Duty: Modern WarfareAction, FPS, ShooterCall of Duty: Modern Warfare IIFPS, Shooter, ActionThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ✓Score 7.0 · 79% on SteamCall of Duty: Modern Warfare IIScore 6.4 · 59% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare44,794 reviews · 2 add-ons · 175 GBCall of Duty: Modern Warfare II780,594 reviews · 46 add-onsReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare$59.99Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IINot listedRead live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Call of Duty: Modern WarfareUnsupportedCall of Duty: Modern Warfare IIUnsupportedValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueCall of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- Multi-platform
- PC
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How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (GamingPickz Score 7.0)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (780,594 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
ActionSingleplayerFPSMultiplayerShooterMilitaryFirst-PersonTactical
Where they differ
Gun CustomizationPvPBattle RoyaleZombies
AtmosphericMatureThird-Person ShooterThird Person
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 | AMD Radeon™ RX 470 |
| Minimum CPU | Intel® Core™ i3-4340 | AMD Ryzen™ 5 1400 |
| Minimum RAM | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Install size | 175 GB | — |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare · Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and 8 for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II in scope?
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has drawn 44,794 Steam reviews, ships 2 add-ons and installs in 175 GB. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II has drawn 780,594 Steam reviews and ships 46 add-ons.
Is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare rates higher (7.0 to 6.4). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II?
One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.